Trousers



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J. H. MCGRADY.

TROUSERS. No. 540,182. Patented May 28, 1895.

\XATNESEESI INVENTEIR:

NITED STATES JOHN H. MOGRADY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MOGRADY, of

Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of' Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide certain improvements introusers, whereby stretching of the cloth and consequent bagging at theknees may he reduced to the minimum, and the creases at the front andback of the legs preserved so as to give the creased eifect which is atthe present time considered desirable.

The invention consists in trousers creased centrally between the sideseams and having cords arranged in said creases and extending along theline thereof, said cords being secured to the trousers and maintainingthe creases and preventing stretching of the cloth at the knees.

Of. the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a pair of trousers providedwith my improvement. Fig 2 represents a transverse section of one of thelegs.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both thefigures.

In carrying out my invention, I form the usual central creases betweenthe side seams of each leg of a pair of trousers and place in 'saidcreases on the inner surfaces of the legs cords a a extending preferablythe entire length of the legs. The cords may be of any suitable materialwhich will be sufficiently flexible and will not be liable to stretch.The

a i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,182, dated May28, 1895.

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cords are securely attached to the cloth, by stitches or otherwise. Iprefer to make the cords of such small size that they will lie readilyin the creases, and will by their presence in said creases prevent thelatter from being flattened out or obliterated.

I have found by practical tests that the cords, applied as described,preserve the form of the creases and prevent the trousers from baggingat the knees.

The cords at the back sides of the legs materially aid in preserving theform of the trousers at the knees, by preventing the rear sides of theknees from wrinkling inwardly, and maintaining the original shape of thetrousers leg.

It is obvious that the cords a a at the front of the legs perform auseful function without the back cords a a. not limited to the use oftwo cords in each leg.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, trousers having the legs creasedcentrally between the side seams and cords arranged in said creases andextending along the line thereof and secured therein, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of January, A. D.1894..

JOHN H. MCGRADY.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

Hence the invention is

